Road to Civil War

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Kentucky

• Ohio

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?

• an act created to let Kansas and Nebraska decide whether they want slavery or not.

• an act to ensure that kansas and nebraska have slavery.

• an act created to make kansas and nebraska choose to be a confederate or union soldier.

• an act to make kansas and nebraska become free states.

The WHAT was part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it a crime to help runaway slaves?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Fugitive Criminal Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• California-Maine Act

Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

• Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be elected

• They wanted Charles Robinson to be elected Governor

• They really like voting

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• A compromise that satisfied both sides by making California a free state and the territories of Utah and New Mexico would decide for themselves.

• Missouri is free, Utah is not

• Missouri would be created as a free state

• New Mexico and Utah fought over land

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
• It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
• It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
• It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery

An abolitionist is

• Someone who believes in slavery
• Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.
• Someone who was an activist worked to end slavery
• Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong